Transferring to a French port

[Greystone]

It's August 1940, France is now in German hands, I'm docked in port at Wilhelmshaven after my 9th patrol, and I want to get transferred to Lorient or one of the other westcoast French ports while retaining my flotilla (2nd).
Does the game do this for me at some point by indicating such after clicking on the wall map while in port and seeing that the orders show me leaving Wilhelmshaven and returning to Lorient, etc., or do I have to request a transfer (clicking on the telephone)? Requesting a transfer, however, appears to only give me 2 choices; either transferring to the 1st flotilla or the "7th/13th flotilla".
When I was playing several years ago, I somehow ended up based in one of the French ports, but can't recall how it all went down. Thanks.

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi Greystone.
Whilst you will receive various radio reports of new bases being available.
You need to wait for your own radio message which will have your U-boat number.
Lorient becomes a base on July 1st 1940.
http://s32.postimg.org/obqm0x01x/U108_new_base_at_Lorient.png
If you were docked in Wilhelmshaven you may have missed the message.

If you choose to dock in a French Port before you receive the above radio message you will get a reminder when you load the game that your home base has not yet changed and is still Wilhelmshaven.

Peter

[bstanko6]

If you have saved the game, and are loading it after the transfer, it will say on the loading screen where you have departed and what base you return to.

[Mittelwaechter]

Via telephone you can request to change your flotilla - not your homebase. If you want to start from Salamis or Bergen, you have to transfer to the matching flotilla after it becomes active there. You go where your flotilla goes as long as you stay with it.

With the availability of the French bases your flotilla moves to i.e. Brest or Lorient and only there you'll have your homeport with this flotilla. When they close the base again, you transfer with them to Norway or Germany.

If you are docked while this flotilla movement happens, you will start in i.e. Kiel or Wilhelmshaven as before, but you will receive the information: new homeport i.e. Brest or Lorient - and you have to dock there to have the homeport interface.

While at sea - the date your flotilla moves to France - you'll receive the message/order to dock at your new base/new homeport like above.
(The base was changed to XXX)

While at sea you may receive the information: new base in St.Nazaire available.
This is not the homeport of your flotilla, but just the information of an available blue/axis port, where you can dock and resupply - but without any homeport interface to recruit crew or upgrade equipment.

[Greystone]

Thanks, all, for your time & effort clueing me in..:up: